Nissan Sakura 2025 is the best-selling electric car in Japan—driver assistance, auto parking, fast charging, bidirectional power, & acres of charm. Killer stat: It only costs $17,000. [Article inside] (hexbear.net)

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The Nissan Sakura 2025 is the best-selling electric car in Japan—driver assistance, auto parking, fast charging, bidirectional power, and acres of charm. The killer stat: It only costs $17,000. [Wired article inside]

Nissan Sakura 2025 Review: Price, Availability, Specs | WIRED

Electric cars are not yet big in Japan, making up about 3 percent of sales. However, Japan’s government has announced plans to increase the percentage of EVs and PHEVs in passenger car sales to up to 30 percent by 2030. For now, the Sakura, despite its diminutive length of 3,395 mm (about 11 feet), happens to be Japan’s best-selling electric car.

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Sadly, so far Nissan has shown no desire to sell the car outside Japan, although a few secondhand examples have ended up in right-hand drive markets such as New Zealand.

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

US: “here’s another coal powered SUV made of lead and asbestos. The MSRP IS $80,000”

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So weird how lottle effort Japanese automakers and the Japanese government have put into EVs given the obvious advantages to a country with no oil and a pretty good environmental record.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

They’ve got a good racket with the ten year inspection and don’t want to upset the apple cart.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Good looking small electric car possum-party

Nissan visible-disgust

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